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Mecca is, for most, the center of Islam. It is the birthplace of Muhammad, the path to which Muslims turn when they pray, and the site of pilgrimage that each year pulls some three million Muslims from all corners of the world. Yet the need for Mecca is more than strictly religious. What happens in Mecca and how Muslims take into account the political and ethnic record of Mecca has already established and continues to have a profound effect on world occurrences even today. Within this insightful booklet, Ziauddin Sardar unravels the meaning and need for Mecca. Tracing its record, from its roots as a "barren valley" in the desert to its advancement as a trading town and immediate emergence as the spiritual center of a global empire, Sardar examines the spiritual battles and rebellions in Mecca that have significantly molded Muslim culture. An illuminative, lyrical, and witty blend of record, reportage, and memoir, Mecca reflects all that is profound and enlightening, wondering and amusing about Mecca and takes us behind the sealed doors to 1 of the main places in the world today.
